Kirby Inland Marine

VESSEL REVIEW | Green Diamond – Hybrid electric pusher for Kirby Corporation’s inland shipping division

US-based Kirby Corporation, via its Kirby Inland Marine division, recently took delivery of a new plug-in hybrid electric inland pusher tug. Green Diamond was designed and built by Kirby-owned San Jac Marine based in Channelview, Texas. Stewart and Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies, another Kirby company, designed and installed the power management, control, and propulsion systems. The […]

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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | September 5 – Navy tugs, electric inland pusher plus a recent launch

Deliveries include an electric inland tug for a US commercial operator and a ship handling tug for the Royal Thai Navy. Construction meanwhile continues on a tug for a Danish towage provider and a salvage and rescue vessel for the US Navy. Royal Thai Navy acquires ship handling tug The Royal Thai...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/harbour-tugs-and-operation/tug-and-salvage-vessel-news-roundup-september-5-navy-tugs-electric-inland-pusher-plus-a-recent-launch/

Kirby agrees to pay $15.3 million damages in oil spill case

In a case relating to a 2014 incident, Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Doing so resolves federal and state claims for injuries to natural resources resulting from an oil spill from a Kirby barge after a collision Kirby caused, says the U.S. Department of Justice.

The United States and Texas concurrently filed a civil complaint along with a proposed consent decree. The complaint seeks money damages...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/kirby-agrees-to-pay-15-3-million-damages-in-oil-spill-case/

Kirby awarded $17.4 million in Houston Channel collision case

In a July 8 ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown has awarded Kirby Inland Marine $17,398,488 in a case stemming from the May 10, 2019, Houston Ship Channel incident in which the LPG carrier Genesis River collided with a 297 foot long tank barge being pushed ahead by the 69 foot long Kirby Inland Marine towing vessel Voyager.

As a result of the collision, two cargo tanks in the barge were breached, spilling petrochemical cargo into the waterway, and a second barge in the Voyager tow...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/kirby-awarded-17-4-million-in-houston-channel-collision-case/

Demand for Kirby’s inland tank barges sank in Q3

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Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), the leading player in the U.S. inland tank-barge sector, posted better-than-expected Q3 2020 results on Thursday due to cost cuts and a tax gain, but its marine-sector metrics came in worse than feared.

The company reported net income of $27.5 million for Q3 2020 compared to $48 million in Q3 2019. Earnings per share of 46 cents exceeded analyst expectations for 36 cents.

Marine transportation revenues totaled $320.6 million, down 22% from the same period last year....

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/demand-for-kirbys-inland-tank-barges-sank

Barge giant Kirby: signs of life but too soon to call bottom

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It’s a strange time for public reporting. Companies are posting results for a period – January to March – that’s largely irrelevant because it pre-dated peak COVID-19 fallout.

The value of this round of quarterly reporting is in commentary on current conditions, particularly from bigger public players who can provide front-line insights on the U.S. economy.

One of those bigger players is Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), the largest owner of inland tank barges in America and by far the largest...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/barge-giant-kirby-signs-of-life-but-too-soon-to-call-bottom

Tanker splits barge, gasoline spill closes Houston Ship Channel

A tank barge was holed and lost much of its gasoline blend cargo in a collision with a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel May 10, 2019. CNN image

A massive response effort was underway after a tanker collided with a tank barge tow in the Houston Ship Channel Friday afternoon, spilling an estimated 9,000 bbl.  of gasoline product and closing the waterway near Bayport, Texas, Coast Guard and state officials said.

The 755’x121’ Genesis River, a Panama flagged liquid propane gas tanker, collided at about 3:30 p.m. with the 69’x26’x9’, 1,350-hp tug Voyager operated by Kirby Inland Marine as it pushed two 25,000-bbl. tank barges of reformate, a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/tanker-splits-barge-gasoline-spill-closes-houston-ship-channel/

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